Trusted Brooklyn, NY Personal Injury Attorneys

When you’re hurt in a fall, the property owner’s insurance company will usually try to downplay your injuries and blame you. Our Brooklyn, NY slip and fall lawyers focus on handling cases that leave as little room as possible for those arguments. We have been representing injured New Yorkers since 1937 and have a long history of winning significant settlements and verdicts.

Here’s how we work to maximize slip and fall settlements for our clients.

1. Moving Fast to Secure Critical Evidence

Slip and fall cases are often won or lost in the first days after the accident. Surveillance footage can be erased, spills cleaned up, and witnesses can disappear. We move quickly to collect photos, video, incident reports, and witness statements, and when the fall involves a city or public agency, we pay close attention to short filing deadlines.

2. Proving That the Property Owner Was at Fault

Insurance companies love to say a fall was just “an accident.” We dig deeper. We look at maintenance logs, prior complaints, building codes, and safety standards to show that the hazard should have been fixed or warned about. In elevator, stairway, and sidewalk cases, we often work with qualified safety and engineering professionals to explain how a dangerous condition was created and how easily it could have been avoided.

3. Fully Documenting Your Injuries and Future Needs

A fair settlement must reflect everything you have lost, and will lose in the future. We gather medical records, talk with your treating doctors, and assess future care, lost earnings, and the day‑to‑day impact on your life. Our firm has obtained many multi‑million dollar results for seriously injured clients, including brain and orthopedic injuries, which demonstrates how seriously we treat damages in every case.

4. Using Real Results to Drive Higher Offers

Defense lawyers and insurers pay attention to what a firm has done in the past. We secured a $1,725,000 settlement for a client who suffered a serious knee injury due to a misleveled elevator, and a $1.5 million settlement for a victim who suffered significant back injuries after a slip and fall at a fast food restaurant. Results like these show that we are prepared to take cases as far as needed and that we understand how to present powerful evidence of pain, limitations, and long‑term harm.

5. Being Ready for Trial, Not Just Settlement

We negotiate aggressively, but we also prepare every serious case as if a jury will hear it. Our team has obtained record‑setting settlements, including a $36 million construction accident settlement, the largest personal injury settlement in New York State at the time and one of the largest in the country. This reputation for going the distance often leads to higher settlement offers, because insurers know we will not accept an unfair number just to close a file.

If you were hurt in a fall on someone else’s property, you don’t have to deal with the insurance company alone. We offer free consultations to review what happened, explain your rights, and discuss how we can help you pursue the highest possible recovery. Contact us today so we can start handling your slip and fall case the right way.